{"product_id":"9781926706009","title":"Muddling Through: The Remarkable Story of the Barr Colonists","description":"When two thousand British bank clerks, butchers, housewives, saleswomen, remittance men and ex-Boer War soldiers followed the charismatic but inept Anglican minister, Isaac Barr, to the Canadian prairies in 1903 their rallying cry was “Canada for the British.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite the Canadian government’s expectations and Barr’s assurances, however, very few of the colonists knew anything about farming. As the granddaughter of Barr colonists, \u003cb\u003eLynne  Bowen\u003c\/b\u003e grew up on stories of what it was like to be young and green in the huge, raw Canadian west. These are those stories.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Greystone Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174383239408,"sku":"9781926706009","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781926706009_p0.jpg?v=1763635599","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781926706009","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}